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CHATTOGRAM: Rashid Khan picked up six second innings wickets to lead Afghanistan to a famous 224-run win over Bangladesh in the maiden Test match between the two sides at Chattogram. Racing against time to complete a win with less than four overs left in the weather-hit match, the longest-format rookies ...

KABUL: Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan set a new Test record on Thursday as he became the youngest player to lead a side in the longest format, Gulf News has reported. The leg-spinner, who is aged 20 years and 350 days, is leading his country in the one-off Test against Bangladesh ...

KABUL: Afghanistan are making steady progress as a young cricketing nation and can boast a true star in Rashid Khan, whom they hope will to take them to the next level. The 20-year-old, who is top of the Twenty20 world rankings, will be a key weapon in the World Cup ...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s World Cup preparations were thrown off kilter when they controversially decided to replace successful captain Asghar Afghan with the little-known Gulbadin Naib two months before the tournament. Under Asghar, Afghanistan had made serious progress, beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at last year’s Asia Cup in the United Arab Emirates ...

NEW DEHLI: Legendary spinner Shane Warne on Sunday named Yasir Shah from Pakistan, Rashid Khan from Afghanistan and Kuldeep Yadav from India as his most favorite current bowlers in limited overs cricket as they have been extraordinary in their own way. Warne believed that wrist spinner is the key to ...

KABUL: Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan’s father passed away on Sunday (December 30). Rashid, who is currently playing for Adelaide Strikers in the Big Bash League, shared an emotional message on his Twitter account saying he had lost the “most important” person in his life. Today I lost the most important person in ...

KABUL: After his sensational performance with both bat and ball in the recently-concluded Asia Cup, Afghan star Rashid Khan has gained the number one spot in the latest ICC rankings for all-rounders, the world cricket body said on Sunday. Rashid topped the bowling charts, picking up 10 wickets from five ...

BANGALORE: Shaken by the horrors of war, Afghanistan will take a mighty step in cricket history when captain Asghar Stanikzai leads his team out for their first ever Test match against India on Thursday. Conflict has scarred virtually every member of the team and they are impoverished compared with their ...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan’s incredible rise has been one of the success stories in world cricket over the past few years. According to ICC, ranked No.1 on the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings for bowlers, the leg-spinner from Afghanistan has 47 wickets from 29 T20 Internationals at 13.72 and an ...

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council has declared Pakistan ‘s Champions Trophy win as “ICC Fans moment of the year.” The ICC Awards were announced today in which Green Shirts’ memorable victory over arch rival India win the moment of the year award. Congratulations to Pakistani team for winning this inaugural award thanks ...